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| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure It's a rainy morning here in Wisconsin so I thought I'd write some about my Nenuphar journey. Two or three years ago I decided to build a system around high efficiency speakers in order to see what people were talking about. I ended up with the Te... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "Parts Connexion listing for the part which is actually a 1 ohm resister not a 100 ohm resistor as the listing states. Which interestingly enough brings the damping factor to 8."I assume the two resistances (the speaker at 8ohm and the 1ohm added... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Speaking of DF, a couple of weeks ago I was cruising the intranets reading about damping factors and came across an article by a couple of guys who put together PA systems (which explains why they talk about speaker cable lengths of 50 and 100 fee... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure My Backert preamp is an original Rhythm, the 1.1 (they now sell a 1.3 version). There is a used 1.1 for sale now on Audiogon for $3500. The only thing I don't care for is that the Backerts invert polarity/phase so you have to reverse the red/black... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure If you want to stay with your FirstWatt amplifier, I have had excellent results with a tube preamp from Backert. All of their models have very long tube life and are very easy to tube roll (I recommend the Mullard 12au7).Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure As for an earlier question about speaker cables, I've had good results with my Stealth Audio pair, although I admit I haven't tried anything else.Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Well, I just have to be sit here with my SIT-2.Very happy actually. I prefer it to my SIT-3 and Bakoon.Speaking of which, I'll be reducing my inventory before the end of the year.Anybody interested in a FirstWatt SIT-3 or Bakoon AMP-13R?Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure So, there was a pair of SIT-1 monoblocks listed for sale this weekend on Audiogon. They went in a few hours, and I missed them. Did anybody here pick them up?Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Do you know the selling price? | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure On a side note, FirstWatt has a new model out."The F8 revisits their most popular J2 model but simplifies the front end for just three signal-path devices per channel. It applies current not voltage feedback and improves on the J2 specs on bandwid... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure <<For those who are using SIT-3, what preamp are you using?>>My Backert preamp uses two 12au7 tubes. Tube rolling is highly recommended. This evening I replace the stock JJs with Mullards. Amazing."My father's house has many rooms..." | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Preamps are sometimes under-appreciated, with more time being focused on amps and speakers. It may have been Robert Harley who wrote that the amplifier determines the character of a system while the preamplifier determines the quality.- Robert | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "I found independent power supplies for each channel to be a very substantial upgrade when I did it for my first watt f4s. I think I've said this before too, but it's a really beautiful amp that doesn't get the attention it serves, btw."I remember... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "I bought my SIT-1 Mono's (Demo's) for about $500 more than what the SIT-3 goes for new."That sounds like a great deal. Didn't they sell for $11K when new? | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure "Looks like the amps with 2a3 tubes are 2.5 watts/channel. Is that enough to hear at sane listening level, assuming you sit 8-9ft from the speaker?"For my "sane" levels it would be, but it also depends upon the size of your room. 20-40 sq meters i... |